RETIRED: Linux Kernel 'saa7164-bus.c' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:99175

Info

RETIRED: Linux Kernel 'saa7164-bus.c' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 99175
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 24 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 18 2017 07:07PM
Credit: Pengfei Wang
Vulnerable: Linux kernel 4.10.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RETIRED: Linux Kernel 'saa7164-bus.c' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Linux Kernel is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and gain access to kernel memory.

NOTE: This BID is being retired as it is a duplicate of BID 99619 (Linux kernel CVE-2017-8831 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Exploit / POC

RETIRED: Linux Kernel 'saa7164-bus.c' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

RETIRED: Linux Kernel 'saa7164-bus.c' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

RETIRED: Linux Kernel 'saa7164-bus.c' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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